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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 11, 2005 7:26:56 GMT -5
My infamous horse trading father-in-law has another goodie in his hands, a Gray 66 SWB fleetside C10. I fell in love with it the first day I seen it! ;D It have been told that it is sporting a 350 engine and tranny, though I will run the numbers to make sure of this. I has longtube headers, 3 inch exhaust, H-pipe, and a pair of flowmasters dumped. It also has a set of ralley wheels with all the chrome goodies. I took a peek under the chassis and found a 12 bolt rear-end too. The interior is kinda rough but it has a newer bench seat that is in good shape. It has a recent but crappy paint job. Its one of those rough it up and paint over everything paint jobs. No rust though and not much body work needs to be done. The carb is shot and it has manual steering and brakes.  None the less I am considering coming off some of this ford crap I have for this bowtie. Hopefully if everything goes well this weekend, I will be a the new owner of this truck. I will get some pics up either way this coming weekend. Wish me luck!  |
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Post by AAron on Oct 11, 2005 9:21:43 GMT -5
oooooo i love those old C10s, and they have a truck arm suspension w/ coil springs. nascar uses the same thing, but much longer arms. anyways good looking trucks. put in a LS1/T56 into it ;D
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 11, 2005 9:28:34 GMT -5
I would but that would cost me a small fortune. If I get the truck, I think a 425hp 350 will do for a while. I plan on doing mainly some crusing with it and maybe some showing if I get it nice enough. Of course if I get the urge to go faster, which I probably will, thats when good ole' Mr. Big Block will start calling my name.
Speaking of big blocks, a good friend at work just got a roller 454 crate motor for his 1st gen ss camaro. He works part-time at autozone and thats where he ordered it from. With his discount, a $6000 crate motor only cost him $4200.
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Post by AAron on Oct 11, 2005 10:11:21 GMT -5
that aint bad.
oh big blocks are nice. but gas guzzlers. another idea if you wanna cruise get a overdrive tranny.
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Post by metalbeast on Oct 11, 2005 19:00:21 GMT -5
Can't wait to see it this weekend man!
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Post by Scooter on Oct 11, 2005 19:14:08 GMT -5
Thst brings back memories. My buddy in high school back in '76 had a 66 c10. 283 3speed. He ran the heck out of it.
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 11, 2005 20:49:38 GMT -5
Anyone know how I can identify the engine? 283-350 all look the same to me.
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Post by AAron on Oct 11, 2005 22:29:51 GMT -5
Vin decode it. the castings can be real general
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 12, 2005 1:48:34 GMT -5
I thought about VIN decoding but I wonder what is the chance of it being an orginal engine?
Anywhere you guys might know of on the net for looking up casting numbers and/or decoding VIN numbers?
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 12, 2005 2:02:16 GMT -5
Nevermind I found several sites for VIN decoding. If anyone needs to look up a VIN, I posted the sites in the technical link section.
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Post by momacoz on Oct 12, 2005 7:30:39 GMT -5
i cant wait to see a pic of this truck.
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Post by AAron on Oct 12, 2005 13:13:31 GMT -5
I thought about VIN decoding but I wonder what is the chance of it being an orginal engine? Anywhere you guys might know of on the net for looking up casting numbers and/or decoding VIN numbers? casting numbers are way too general. my block in mar '79 camaro is for 305 and 350s for sure but it might also be 327, 307, and 302 i have seen some unreliable sorces as to the later three, but good sorces to the first two, and my block was used from like 69-81 in camaros |
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 13, 2005 10:11:58 GMT -5
The truck orginally came with a powerglide and a 283. It now has a THM-350 tranny and the engine is a 350 out of a mid 70's model camaro.
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Post by AAron on Oct 13, 2005 10:30:10 GMT -5
ahh so it has no power. the mid 70s sucked for power. torque it has, just no HP
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Oct 13, 2005 10:47:25 GMT -5
ahh so it has no power. the mid 70s sucked for power. torque it has, just no HP Yeah, I had a '76 Camaro Type LT with the 350 4-barrel, 4-speed, spoilers, yadda, yadda. I think it was rated at 175 hp. By today's standards it is a dog, but in it's day, it was pretty quick. The only stockers that could beat me were Corvettes and Trans Ams (400ci), and only if they had a 4-speed. I could take the autos.  |
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 13, 2005 11:24:44 GMT -5
Yeah, no power but torque. I will fix this problem quickly if I end up getting the truck.
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Post by AAron on Oct 13, 2005 13:18:45 GMT -5
ahh so it has no power. the mid 70s sucked for power. torque it has, just no HP Yeah, I had a '76 Camaro Type LT with the 350 4-barrel, 4-speed, spoilers, yadda, yadda. I think it was rated at 175 hp. By today's standards it is a dog, but in it's day, it was pretty quick. The only stockers that could beat me were Corvettes and Trans Ams (400ci), and only if they had a 4-speed. I could take the autos. just checked 165 HP not avalible with manual tranny in CA. d@mn emission nazis in CA but dont feel bad the low water mark was the '75 with a whopping 155 HP the '77, '78 Z28 had 185 HP but my '79 was 175 hp then in '80 went to 190 hp then back down to 175 for the '81. man i gotta stop reading books on camaros |
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Oct 13, 2005 14:32:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I had a '76 Camaro Type LT with the 350 4-barrel, 4-speed, spoilers, yadda, yadda. I think it was rated at 175 hp. By today's standards it is a dog, but in it's day, it was pretty quick. The only stockers that could beat me were Corvettes and Trans Ams (400ci), and only if they had a 4-speed. I could take the autos. just checked 165 HP not avalible with manual tranny in CA. d@mn emission nazis in CA but dont feel bad the low water mark was the '75 with a whopping 155 HP the '77, '78 Z28 had 185 HP but my '79 was 175 hp then in '80 went to 190 hp then back down to 175 for the '81. man i gotta stop reading books on camaros Aaron, you are a wealth of knowledge. Thanks for keeping me honest. Only 165 hp......sure felt like 175.  |
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Post by metalbeast on Oct 13, 2005 20:00:22 GMT -5
News Flash! He just got the truck!
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Post by 1bad2k2ta on Oct 13, 2005 20:07:32 GMT -5
News Flash! He just got the truck! Hee hee, that's cool. Thanks for the update, Jeff. Congrats, Tommy. Now let's see some pics.  |
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 13, 2005 20:23:13 GMT -5
I will post some tomorrow evening....
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Post by AAron on Oct 14, 2005 13:12:19 GMT -5
just checked 165 HP not avalible with manual tranny in CA. d@mn emission nazis in CA but dont feel bad the low water mark was the '75 with a whopping 155 HP the '77, '78 Z28 had 185 HP but my '79 was 175 hp then in '80 went to 190 hp then back down to 175 for the '81. man i gotta stop reading books on camaros Aaron, you are a wealth of knowledge. Thanks for keeping me honest. Only 165 hp......sure felt like 175. you know chevy, it might of been 200 for all we know. |
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Post by AAron on Oct 14, 2005 13:12:50 GMT -5
yes pics would be great.
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 15, 2005 7:16:11 GMT -5
Posted some pics in the members rides section.
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Post by DocSpeed on Oct 15, 2005 7:18:31 GMT -5
I forgot to mention last night that I ran across a 95 caprice for $800. Tree fell across it but the motor and tranny are good. Just so I have my facts straight, the caprices have a LT1 with X amount of power and what kind of tranny?
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